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[syn: blameworthy, blamable, blameable, blameful, censurable, culpable]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Culpable \Cul"pa*ble\ (k?l"p?-b'l), a. [OE. culpable, coulpable,
coupable, F. coupable, formerly also coupable, formerly also
coulpable, culpable, fr. L. culpabilis, fr. culpare to blame,
fr. culpa fault.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Deserving censure; worthy of blame; faulty; immoral;
criminal. --State Trials (1413).
[1913 Webster]
If he acts according to the best reason he hath, he
is not culpable, though he be mistaken in his
measures. --Sharp.
[1913 Webster]
2. Guilty; as, culpable of a crime. [Obs.] --Spenser. --
Cul"pa*ble*ness, n. -- Cul"pa*bly, adv.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
culpable
adj 1: deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or
injurious; "blameworthy if not criminal behavior";
"censurable misconduct"; "culpable negligence" [syn:
blameworthy, blamable, blameable, blameful,
censurable, culpable]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "culpable":
accusable, amiss, arraignable, at fault, blamable, blameful,
blameworthy, censurable, chargeable, criminal, faulty, guilty,
impeachable, implicated, imputable, inculpated, indictable,
involved, open to criticism, peccant, reprehensible, reproachable,
reprovable, sinful, to blame, unholy